Description
Summary
Description
Discover Christmas in Iceland on a festive walking tour through the center of Reykjavik. This family-friendly tour suits anyone who wants to get into the Christmas spirit and learn about Icelandic winter folklore and holiday traditions.
With a local guide, you visit some of the city's most popular festive spots and learn about the best-known Icelandic Christmas traditions. Along the way, you see the decorations, Christmas market stalls, Christmas shops, and the Oslo Christmas Tree.
Your guide tells you about Icelandic folklore and introduces you to the 13 Yule Lads, mountain-dwelling trolls who bring gifts, or potatoes, to Icelandic children.
You also learn about their child-eating mother, Gryla, and her pet, the Christmas Cat.
You also find out what Icelanders traditionally eat and drink at Christmas, and you may be able to taste some festive treats on your walk.
You meet your guide on Ingolfstorg Square in central Reykjavik and see the ice rink, decorations, and market stalls there. Next, you head toward the Oslo Christmas Tree, a good spot for festive photos, looking for hidden Yule Lads around the city center as you go.
You make a short visit to a bookstore to see Icelandic Christmas books and learn how much Icelanders love books, especially at Christmas.
Then you walk up Laugavegur Street, the main shopping street, to the Little Christmas Shop, where you can buy treats or souvenirs.
Next, you walk up Skolavordustigur Street to 12 Tonar Music Store, where you stop for hot cocoa, coffee, or tea and a traditional Icelandic pastry.
Finally, you end the walk at Hallgrimskirkja Church, a landmark of Reykjavik and the largest church in Iceland.
The small group size gives you plenty of chances to ask your guide about Christmas in Iceland.
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